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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day after Christmas how do the convent and the castle appear to the French?
(a) Full.
(b) Fortified.
(c) On fire.
(d) Deserted.

2. What does Frederickson bring with him when he advances on the convent?
(a) Most of the fighting men.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Two squads of cavalry.
(d) The rocket battalion.

3. By what other name besides Josephina is Lady Farthingdale known?
(a) La Lacosta.
(b) Elizabeth Koven.
(c) Madame Aphrodite.
(d) Lady Blythington.

4. How does the French feel about the British defense of the castle?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Confident.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Indifferent.

5. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?
(a) The wife of another lord.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A French spy.
(d) A Spanish noblewoman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe send Harper to collect?

2. What happens after the French are repulsed from the castle the first time?

3. What has Sharpe lost after the initial French advance?

4. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?

5. What do the French do after their first approach ends in disaster for them?

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